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<h1 class="topictitle1">Creating a Backup Storage Device</h1>
<div><p>The external backup storage is added as a backup storage device to the <span>OceanProtect</span> for storing backup data.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Prerequisites</h4><p>The <span>OceanProtect</span> and the backup storage device to be added are running properly and can communicate with each other.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Precautions</h4><ul><li>Only the local storage corresponding to the <span>OceanProtect</span> can be added as a backup storage device.</li><li>The backup storage device cannot be used as the managed cluster at the same time.</li></ul>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol><li><span>Choose <span class="menucascade" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001835668628__en-us_topic_0000001839142053_menucascade31053579148"><b><span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001835668628__en-us_topic_0000001839142053_uicontrol41059577142"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001835668628__en-us_topic_0000001839142053_text1054020121612"><strong>System</strong></span></span></b> &gt; <b><span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001835668628__en-us_topic_0000001839142053_uicontrol154661958121418"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001835668628__en-us_topic_0000001839142053_text8757278167"><strong>Infrastructure</strong></span></span></b> &gt; <b><span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001835668628__en-us_topic_0000001839142053_uicontrol54471544151"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001835668628__en-us_topic_0000001839142053_text1631251418164"><strong>Cluster Management</strong></span></span></b></span>.</span></li><li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Backup Storage Unit Groups</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001835668628__li109241349741"><span>Select <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001835668628__uicontrol1778005154612"><b>Backup Storage Devices</b></span>.</span></li><li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Create</strong></span></b></span> to create a backup storage device.</span><p><div class="p"><a href="#EN-US_TOPIC_0000001835668628__en-us_topic_0000001263937538_table13641194661910">Table 1</a> describes the related parameters.
<div class="tablenoborder"><a name="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001835668628__en-us_topic_0000001263937538_table13641194661910"></a><a name="en-us_topic_0000001263937538_table13641194661910"></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001835668628__en-us_topic_0000001263937538_table13641194661910" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><b>Table 1 </b>Parameters for adding a backup storage device</caption><colgroup><col style="width:34.949999999999996%"><col style="width:65.05%"></colgroup><thead align="left"><tr><th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" id="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1"><p>Parameter</p>
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<tbody><tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Name</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.05%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>User-defined name of the backup storage device.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Device Type</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.05%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Select OceanProtect at present.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>IP Address</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.05%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Management IP address of the external backup storage.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Port</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.05%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Management port of the external backup storage.</p>
<p>The default port ID is <strong>8088</strong>.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Username</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="2" valign="top" width="65.05%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Username and password of the super administrator of the external backup storage.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Password</strong></span></p>
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